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Disaggregated Data Key to Tackling Low Maternal Vaccination Rates among Boston’s Black Pregnant Population

Maternal Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccines risk becoming the latest casualty of low vaccine uptake among Black pregnant people in Boston. Last year, the city of Boston hosted over 12,000 Infectious Disease specialists at the annual Infectious Diseases Society of America meeting, celebrating a multitude of breakthroughs in the field, notably the FDA’s approval of … Continue reading “Disaggregated Data Key to Tackling Low Maternal Vaccination Rates among Boston’s Black Pregnant Population”

New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. Here are positions open for applications in March 2024. Africa:  Job Organization Location (Country) Personal Assistant to the Regional Director, WCARO, Dakar, Senegal, G6 UNFPA Senegal … Continue reading “New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health”

New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. Here are positions open for applications in February 2024. Africa:  Job Organization Location (Country) Chief Nutrition, P-5, FT, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Position #84120 UNICEF … Continue reading “New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health”

The Role of Drug Repurposing in Pregnancy

Many pregnant people must face the fact that despite strides made in drug development, very few approved drugs have been explicitly studied in pregnant patients, and many pregnancy-related conditions lack approved therapies. Despite this fact, a multi-national study conducted in Europe, North and South America, and Australia found over 80% of their respondents reported using … Continue reading “The Role of Drug Repurposing in Pregnancy”

New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. Here are positions open for applications in January 2024. Africa:  Job Organization Location (Country) Population Data Adviser, WCARO, Dakar, Senegal, P5 UNFPA Senegal Senior Technical Advisor, … Continue reading “New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health”

New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. Here are positions open for applications in December 2023. Africa:  Job Organization Location (Country) Coordinator, Technical Secretariat of the Peace Building Fund UNFPA Burkina Faso International … Continue reading “New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health”

Developing Maternity Care to Reverse Patterns of Violence and Inequality in West Papua

Reproductive abandonment refers to conditions that discourage and inhibit relations of desired reproduction, in its social, biological, infrastructural, and environmental senses. For example, in parts of the world, medical technologies that could facilitate life, birth and reproduction are largely absent or facilitate violence, such as the use of violent practices toward women in labour. Reproductive … Continue reading “Developing Maternity Care to Reverse Patterns of Violence and Inequality in West Papua”

New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. Here are positions open for applications in October 2023. Africa: Job Organization Location (Country) Descriptive Job TitleTechnical Adviser, Global Health Workforce CHAI Rwanda Associate, Neglected Tropical … Continue reading “New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health”

New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe. Here are positions open for applications in July 2023. Africa:  Job Organization Location (Country) Representative, Mozambique UNFPA Mozambique Gender Based Violence & Psychological Support Officer Care … Continue reading “New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health”

Driving Local Leadership to Meet Family Planning Needs

It is well known that women who have a positive experience with family planning (FP) and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) providers and have access to a choice of contraceptives are more likely to begin and continue using them. This means health providers must also have the appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide information, … Continue reading “Driving Local Leadership to Meet Family Planning Needs”